Kajeet Cell Phone for Kids

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Would a Kajeet cell phone help your child to stay in touch with you, learn how to manage their money while having more fun? It could. And what about you? Would you like to be able to check where your children are without having to call them up all the time? Would you like an easy way to manage your child’s cell phone usage? With Kajeet, you can.

If you’ve got an 8-12 year-old child in your family then you’ve probably thought about whether to provide them with a cell phone, and what cell phone to choose.

If you decide to go ahead then you’ve got a neat option available. The cell phone service is designed to be easy to use and manage for parents as well as their children. It’s advertised not only as a cell phone, but also as a way of teaching your children to manage money.

We'll go over these cell phones for kids, but let's pause just a second and check whether they provide . . .

Good Coverage with Sprint Network

With that out of the way, let's move on to how you manage how your kids use the phone. The scenario is that you give them an allowance in what's called a "Kajeet wallet” of, let’s say, $20, and they can use that either for making calls or downloading ringtones or games. Your children then have to learn to balance those different desires within their allowance. As a parent you decide to fund their wallet. You can exempt certain calls (such as calls to you) from their wallet. These calls then get charged to you.

Safety and Parental Controls

Basic Safety

• Can always call 911 even if the Kajeet account has no money or if the number has been deactivated.
• Will NOT be able to call 900 and 976 telephone numbers, since they are blocked,
• Will only be able to download ringtones that have been "content approved".

The above safety features all work automatically. In addition there are parental controls to customize the phone for your child.

Parental Controls

• Time Management - You can set the days and times of the day when the phone can be used, but don't worry, they can always call you.
• Contact Management - You can set who can be called and who can call them.
• Feature Management - You can choose which features are activated on the phone. For example, you can disable downloading ringtones or games and gradually lift these restrictions later.

• Kajeet Wallets - You can create "wallets", one for your child and one for you. You transfer money from your wallet to your child’s wallet. Then you can decide what gets charged to his wallet and what gets charged to yours.

All these features are free. There is one additional safety feature

GPS Locator

The GPS Locator service usually costs $9.99 per month however you can get the Kajeet Samsung M300 Kids Safety Pack which includes a year's free GPS service. So you can can see if you find the service useful.

Now that you know it's safe, you can check out the . . .

Rates

Prepaid Plan

No-Contract Plans

Basic Plan - $4.99 per month

Standard Plan - $29.99 per month

Unlimited Messaging Plan 1 - $14.99 per month

Unlimited Messaging Plan 2 - $19.99 per month

No Activation Fees

Suspending Your Account

Now we can get to the phones. There will probably be strong opinions about which handset to get in your family! And it's likely that your child may know more about these phones than what I can cover, so this is just a quick overview.

Phones

Samsung Seek $212.49

The Samsung Seek is the latest high-end phone offered by Kajeet. It has both QWERTY keyboard for texting and a touchscreen for doing other stuff like playing games.

One thing new that it offers is access to sites like Facebook, which is interesting because you need to be 13 years old to sign up for Facebook. This may indicate that Kajeet is either moving to the higher-age bracket or is trying to hang onto its users as they grow past the "tween" years. As a parent you can probably decide whether to allow access to the internet, but I'll try to confirm all the details.

The phone lists at $249.99, but you can use this link to Save $37.50 on the Samsung Seek.

LG Rumor 2 $169.99

This is another Qwerty keyboard slider phone. It's screen is much smaller than the Seek, but it still has some nice features like a 1.3 megapixel camera, music player, and "threaded texting" which formats text messages so it's easy to keep track of individual conversations as the texts come in fast and furious. The phone lists at $199.99 but you can Save $30 on the LG Rumor 2 here.

Sanyo 2700 $119.99

The Sanyo 2700 is the latest phone from Kajeet. It features a 1.3 megapixel camera, a music player, and a QWERTY keyboard for texting. It's also got a fairly large screen which comes in handy for the "threaded texting" feature, so you can follow the conversation within the blizzard of texts that are sent and received (assuming you've activated this feature.) It comes in pink and blue(a little predictable there).The phone lists at $149.99, but you can Save $30 on the Kajeet Sanyo 2700 here.

LG Rumor

The popular LG Rumor was Kajeet's first QWERTY keyboard phone. It is now available as a recycled "green" phone. It lists at $129.99 but you can Save $30 on the Kajeet LG Rumor here.

Sanyo Katana II refurb

This phone offers a basic VGA camera but with some color effects to make the pics a little more fun. It is available as a refurbished versions for $59.99 but you can Save 15% on the Kajeet Sanyo Katana II here.

The previous version, the Sanyo Katana I is also available refurbished and lists for $49.99. You can Save $7.49 on the Kajeet Sanyo Katana I here.

LG 225 and LG 125

This model is available as a refurbished phone for $29.99. Again, you can Save 15% on the Kajeet LG 225 here.

This is pretty cheap for a camera phone, but one word of caution. I had tested the Tracfone version of this phone, and it seemed a little slow when executing its functions. So it might not do such a good job with the games etc you get get with Kajeet. Presumably, the parental control and GPS locator will still work, but you should test all these out if you get this phone.

The LG 125 looks about the same but with no camera and lists at $24.99, their cheapest phone.

Samsung m300 Kids Saftey Pack 89.99

Games and Ringtones

Dudeworld

This appeal to being cool by downloading the right ringtones, wallpapers etc., is not really in line with the rest of Kajeet's message about teaching children how to manage their phones and money responsibly.

However, Dudeworld isn't prominently featured on their website anymore, though the cute little munchkins that are on the site are, in fact, "Dudes".

Google Maps

For compatible Kajeet phones, you can use Google Maps to find out where you need to go and how to get there.

Save 15%

Recycling your old phones

They have set up a website for recycling your old cell phone. You enter your information at: Kajeet Recycles and print out a mailing label as well as an IRS form documenting your donation. You get a confirmation email as well.

Summary

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